Timeline

Published a memoir about her Citadel years, "In the Company of Men: A Woman at The Citadel."

Ran in the Republican U.S. Senate primary against incumbent Lindsey Graham, finishing fifth in her first statewide race.

A cell-phone video, published as an exclusive by the Daily Mail in December 2024, shows Mace, while campaigning for Donald Trump in 2016, down a shot of liquor and pass it mouth-to-mouth with another woman in a 'baby bird' drinking game that ends with a man vomiting on the floor; the clip first became a campaign issue during her 2017 South Carolina statehouse race.

Won a special election to the South Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 99.

Won the Republican primary for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District.

Sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives for the 117th Congress.

Former aides later told The Washington Post and The Daily Beast (Jan. 2024) that, while sheltering during the riot, Mace wanted to leave and "get punched in the face" by rioters for "media attention" and to become the face of anti-Trump Republicans; Mace dismissed the reporting, saying it "doesn't pass for real journalism."

The day after the attack, said the riot had "entirely wiped out" every Republican accomplishment of Donald Trump's presidency.

Called the Capitol rioters "domestic terrorists" and urged the GOP to "stop coddling extremists" rather than embrace "violence wrapped in the American flag."

Told Fox News she did not know "how you go forward and defend the indefensible," and said Trump had no political future in the Republican Party.

Voted against stripping Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments, calling the move "unprecedented."

Four staffers left her office within her first weeks in Congress, an early instance of what outlets would document as among the highest staff turnover in the House.

Her Charleston home was spray-painted overnight with graffiti, including Antifa symbols and profanity; Charleston police released a suspect photo.

Promoted COVID-19 vaccines on CNN and "natural immunity" on Fox News the same day, a contradiction noted by media and former staff.

Doug Stafford, a veteran Republican strategist and longtime Rand Paul adviser, served as spokesman for Mace's 2022 congressional re-election campaign. When campaign consultant Austin McCubbin resigned in December 2025, his public statement accused Mace of embracing the Rand Paul political network in which Stafford operates.

Announced her engagement to Charleston businessman Patrick Bryant.

Won a second House term, defeating Democrat Annie Andrews by about 14 points.

Her only sponsored bill ever to become law, H.R. 6042, renaming a Hilton Head Island post office the "Caesar H. Wright Jr. Post Office Building", was signed as Public Law 117-288.

Became chair of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation (reappointed for the 119th Congress in 2025).

Voted against the bipartisan debt-ceiling deal, saying Republicans "got outsmarted."

At a House Oversight subcommittee hearing on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, Mace asked whistleblower David Grusch whether recovered remains were "human or nonhuman biologics"; Grusch answered "non-human." The Defense Department said it had no verifiable information substantiating the claims.

At a Christian prayer breakfast, made a crude joke about declining sex with her fiance that morning, drawing national coverage.

Rep. Mace was one of eight House Republicans who voted on October 3, 2023 to remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the first removal of a sitting Speaker by motion to vacate in U.S. history; Mace publicly defended the vote, saying "Today I'm voting against 95 percent of my party in the hopes of fixing how Congress operates."

A leaked internal staff handbook showed quotas for booking her on national television up to three times a day and roughly a third of her office budget directed to "marketing."

Jonathan H. Krell of Uricchio, Howe, Krell, Jacobson, Toporek & Keith, P.A. served as Rep. Mace's earliest documented counsel in the Bryant dispute, co-signing an evidence-preservation and demand letter to Patrick Bryant on November 13, 2023 alongside Steven Schmutz and Kate Schmutz, the first legal step in the dispute that became Mace v. Bryant.

Kate Schmutz of Schmutz & Schmutz in Charleston was named as co-counsel for Rep. Mace on the November 13, 2023 evidence-preservation and demand letter to Patrick Bryant alongside Jonathan H. Krell and Steven J. Schmutz, the first documented legal step in the dispute that would later produce Mace v. Bryant.

Steven J. Schmutz of Schmutz & Schmutz in Charleston served as co-counsel for Rep. Mace alongside Jonathan H. Krell and Kate Schmutz on the November 13, 2023 evidence-preservation and demand letter to Patrick Bryant, the first documented legal step in the dispute that became Mace v. Bryant.

Andrew N. Rosenberg, a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in New York, joined Rep. Mace's legal team on or about November 14, 2023, corresponding on her behalf in the early property-and-financial dispute with Patrick Bryant that would later become Mace v. Bryant.

Voted against expelling Rep. George Santos from the House, citing the presumption of innocence.

Lorie Khatod was hired as Mace's chief of staff in November 2023 following the firing of Dan Hanlon, responding to press inquiries about the mass staff exodus with the statement "New coach, new team in the DC office"; she served through October 2024 and is named in a December 2025 court affidavit in Berg v. Bryant as someone with "potentially relevant information."

Days after firing chief of staff Dan Hanlon, Capitol Police entered Mace's office before he arrived to collect his belongings; former staffers said they believed the police presence was meant to intimidate him, and no charges were filed.

Dan Hanlon, Mace's chief of staff since 2021, was fired on approximately December 1, 2023; when he returned days later to collect belongings, Capitol Police were present in the office, a scene former staffers described to Slate as intimidating. Hanlon subsequently filed with the FEC to run against Mace in the June 2024 primary but did not ultimately appear on the ballot.

Jim May, an attorney at Wyche, P.A. in Columbia, served as co-counsel for Rep. Mace alongside John Moylan and Peter McCoy in the property dispute with Patrick Bryant, including the January 8, 2024 mediation; his involvement concluded when Edward Phipps took over as lead counsel on February 20, 2024.

John C. Moylan, an attorney at Wyche, P.A. in Columbia, served as co-counsel for Rep. Mace alongside Jim May and Peter McCoy in the property dispute with Patrick Bryant, including the January 8, 2024 mediation; his involvement concluded when Edward Phipps took over as lead counsel in February 2024.

Peter M. McCoy, Jr., a former U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina and former state legislator, served as co-counsel for Rep. Mace alongside John Moylan and Jim May in the property dispute with Patrick Bryant, including the January 8, 2024 mediation; his involvement concluded when Edward Phipps took over as lead counsel in February 2024.

Hired Gabrielle Lipsky, formerly communications director to Rep. George Santos, as her own communications director.

The Daily Beast reported that her Washington office had seen complete staff turnover since late 2023, nine departures in all, eight of them aides who resigned, with fired chief of staff Dan Hanlon the lone termination, amid what former employees described as a toxic workplace.

On HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, said of a hypothetical Trump vice-presidential offer that "nobody would turn that down," calling it "service for your country", after years of post-January 6 criticism of him.

Mace made a Facebook post that became a focal point of subsequent witness-recruitment efforts. The post and related social-media activity are cited in witness statements submitted in the federal Musgrave v. Mace litigation as context for her outreach to private individuals. All named individuals deny the underlying allegations and no charges have been filed.

Filed a partition action against her former fiancé, Patrick Bryant, over a jointly owned Isle of Palms beach house; it settled at mediation the following month.

Edward L. Phipps of The Phipps Law Firm, LLC filed the partition complaint on behalf of Rep. Mace on April 2, 2024 in Mace v. Bryant (No. 2024-CP-10-01725), an action seeking sale of a jointly owned Isle of Palms beach house. The parties reached a mediated resolution on May 28, 2024, and the case was dismissed without prejudice on October 30, 2024.

Mark R. H. Huber of The Phipps Law Firm, LLC co-signed the partition complaint filed April 2, 2024 in Mace v. Bryant (No. 2024-CP-10-01725) alongside lead counsel Edward Phipps; the case sought sale of a jointly owned Isle of Palms beach house, reached a mediated resolution on May 28, 2024, and was dismissed without prejudice on October 30, 2024.

Publicly accused former staffers of sabotaging her office, spying on her, and mismanaging about $1 million; the former staffers denied the claims.

Won the Republican primary for a third House term, defeating challenger Catherine Templeton by roughly 27 points (about 57% to 30%).

Curtis Jackson is the former husband of Rep. Nancy Mace and father of their two children; a post-divorce court ruling established joint custody, while Mace has consistently described herself publicly as a "single mom," including in her July 17, 2024 Republican National Convention address where she opened with "I'm a single mom and a rape survivor."

Neely Kelleher gave a sworn affidavit describing two in-person meetings with Mace in August 2024 at The Dime on Daniel Island. In those meetings, Kelleher says Mace presented allegations against Patrick Bryant, including claims of hidden cameras and voyeurism, and sought Kelleher's corroboration; Kelleher states the photos shown to her appeared neither criminal nor non-consensual, and she declined to join any effort. The affidavit was submitted as Exhibit D in Musgrave's opposition to the U.S. government's Westfall Act certification. Mace has maintained that her conduct was official; the scope-of-employment question remains contested.

Charleston County Sheriff Kristin Graziano publicly rejected Rep. Mace's September 24, 2024 letter and House floor speech accusing her of turning Charleston County into a "sanctuary jurisdiction," saying "Nancy Mace is full of [expletive]" and explaining that her office holds individuals only when an immigration judge signs a formal order. Graziano lost her re-election bid on November 5, 2024.

Jamie Finch served as a senior adviser in Rep. Mace's congressional office from November 2024; she is named in a December 2025 affidavit in Berg v. Bryant (No. 2025-CP-10-03124) as someone with "potentially relevant information" regarding Mace's conduct.

In her election-night victory speech, publicly disclosed for the first time that she had been diagnosed with PTSD, which she said stemmed from domestic abuse.

Mace co-chaired a joint House Oversight and National Security subcommittee hearing on UAP; former Pentagon AATIP director Luis Elizondo opened his testimony by thanking her "for your leadership on this important matter."

At the same UAP hearing she co-chaired, Mace entered the alleged classified program name "Immaculate Constellation" into the record, quipped "come at me bro" about potential FISA surveillance, and ran a yes/no exchange with Elizondo asking whether secret programs were "designed to identify and reverse engineer alien craft."

Two days after Sarah McBride's election as the first openly transgender member of Congress, Rep. Mace introduced H. Res. 1579 on November 18, 2024, to bar members from using bathrooms that do not correspond to their sex assigned at birth; when asked if the resolution targeted McBride, Mace said "Yes, and absolutely. And then some."

FITSNews later reported, citing anonymous witnesses, that Mace had angrily confronted a Charleston constituent who questioned her at Reagan National Airport; no footage of the alleged encounter has surfaced publicly and no other outlet independently confirmed it.

James McIntyre, a Chicago foster-care advocate, was arrested on December 10, 2024 after Rep. Mace alleged he had physically assaulted her with an "exaggerated, aggressive handshaking motion" at a Rayburn Building reception; witnesses at the event described the contact as a handshake, and federal prosecutors dropped the misdemeanor assault charge on April 2, 2025 via nolle prosequi.

Asked whether the Northeast mystery drone sightings could be "craft from outer space," Mace said: "I think that has to be on the table. It has to be an option."

Brian Musgrave, a South Carolina private citizen and co-owner of an Isle of Palms condominium with Patrick Bryant, was publicly named in Rep. Mace's February 10, 2025 House floor speech, which alleged rape, voyeurism, and sex trafficking. Musgrave denied all allegations and filed a federal defamation suit against Mace that was dismissed in August 2025 on Speech or Debate Clause grounds.

John Osborne, a Charleston-area venture capitalist, was one of four men publicly named by Rep. Mace in her February 10, 2025 House floor speech; Mace alleged sexual assault at an Isle of Palms property. Osborne denied the allegations, was never charged, and was parted from Good Growth Capital in April 2025 after two internal reviews found no information related to Mace's claims.

Patrick Bryant, a Charleston entrepreneur and Mace's former fiancé, was named in her February 10, 2025 House floor speech with allegations of rape, voyeurism, and sex trafficking; Bryant categorically denied all claims and no charges were filed against him. In November 2025 Bryant filed a civil defamation suit against Mace alleging she fabricated the sexual assault allegations in connection with a property dispute.

Matthew B. Berry, General Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives, oversaw the institutional defense of Rep. Mace in Musgrave v. Mace, asserting the Speech or Debate Clause on her behalf; the United States was subsequently substituted as defendant under the Westfall Act, and the suit was dismissed in August 2025.

Eric Bland, founding partner of Bland Richter, LLP, filed a federal defamation complaint against Rep. Mace on March 14, 2025, on behalf of Brian Musgrave, one of four men Mace named in her February floor speech, alleging libel through the speech, social-media posts, and an office poster. The case was dismissed with prejudice in August 2025 on Speech or Debate Clause grounds.

Ronnie Richter, founding partner of Bland Richter, LLP, co-filed the federal defamation complaint against Rep. Mace on March 14, 2025, on behalf of Brian Musgrave alongside partner Eric Bland; after the case was dismissed in August 2025 on Speech or Debate Clause grounds, Richter and Bland filed a separate defamation action on Musgrave's behalf against outlets that republished Mace's allegations as established fact.

The 'PREDATORS' poster came down outside her Capitol office; asked about its removal, her press secretary said he did not know anything about it.

Federal prosecutors dropped the misdemeanor assault charge against James McIntyre on April 2, 2025, filing a notice of nolle prosequi in D.C. Superior Court without explanation. Witnesses at the December 2024 Capitol reception had described the contact as a handshake; McIntyre said "the case was meant to criminalize anyone who advocates" for transgender youth, while Mace responded that the dismissal sent "an appalling message to every woman in America."

Sullivan's Island Police Chief Glenn Meadows's department arrested Eric Bowman on April 8, 2025 on charges of first-degree harassment and stalking arising from a tracking-device investigation; the department had previously interviewed a woman on February 13, 2025, the day after Mace's floor speech, who "expressed her fears" regarding Bowman.

John Mace McGrath, a nephew of Rep. Nancy Mace and a Citadel graduate, was elected chairman of the Berkeley County Republican Party in April 2025 in a first-ballot win; despite the family relationship, he did not endorse his aunt's 2026 gubernatorial campaign, in which she finished last in the June 9 primary.

Ely Murray-Quick, a Charleston realtor, approached Rep. Mace at a Mount Pleasant Ulta Beauty store on April 19, 2025, and asked whether she planned to hold in-person town halls; Mace's expletive-laden response was captured on video, posted to X, viewed more than seven million times, and widely described as a viral confrontation. No criminal complaint arose from the incident.

Harley Hicks, a transgender University of South Carolina student, attended a Turning Point USA event featuring Rep. Mace on April 21, 2025, and asked her to apologize for using an anti-trans slur in a February committee hearing; Mace responded by directing the same slur at Hicks repeatedly, an exchange captured on video and widely covered by national LGBTQ media.

Sydney Long was promoted to communications director for Rep. Mace's congressional office in April 2025, simultaneously serving as spokeswoman for Mace's gubernatorial campaign; she is named in a December 2025 court affidavit in Berg v. Bryant as someone with "potentially relevant information" and departed the office in February 2026.

Held her first town hall of 2025 at the private, gated Dataw Island community, drawing protests from constituents who were excluded.

Alexis "Ali" Berg filed a civil complaint in May 2025 against Patrick Bryant and others under the pseudonym "Jane Doe" in Berg v. Bryant (No. 2025-CP-10-03124); Judge Hocker subsequently declined to permit continued anonymity and her name became public. A leaked April 2024 phone call reported by FITSNews showed Berg telling Rep. Mace she had "honestly, no memory of any of that" when Mace described the alleged incidents.

According to a sworn affidavit executed later that month, former Bryant housekeeper Vicki Pittman says Mace approached her in the lobby of Charleston International Airport during the first week of May 2025, greeted her by name, showed her a photo of a prescription-medicine bottle, and asked whether she knew of hidden cameras in Bryant's home or rental properties. Pittman states she had no such knowledge and felt "singled out and intimidated." Mace has denied wrongdoing and maintained her conduct was official; no court has made any finding based on the affidavit.

Mace sent a text message to Kris Furniss, the ex-husband of Patrick Bryant's then-girlfriend, stating that Bryant "is being investigated for potential wrongdoing and crimes committed against me and other women." Furniss's written statement describes the message as a personal communication unrelated to any legislative duty. Mace has stated she stands by her floor speech; the allegations against Bryant are denied and unproven.

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson publicly fired back at Rep. Mace, saying "I will not stand by and allow someone to lie about, not only me, but the dedicated men and women in my office" and accusing her of peddling "lies and mistruths" for political ambition. The two became the primary antagonists of the 2026 Republican gubernatorial primary, with Mace finishing last in the June 9 field before conceding and endorsing Wilson.

Andrew B. Moorman, Sr. served as lead South Carolina counsel for Rep. Mace in Mace v. Bowman (No. 2025-CP-10-02733), the defamation suit she filed against Eric Bowman in Charleston County Court of Common Pleas on May 12, 2025.

Eric Bowman, a Charleston businessman, was named by Rep. Mace in her February 10, 2025 House floor speech in connection with allegations of sexual misconduct, and was then sued by Mace for defamation on May 12, 2025 over social-media posts he made after the speech. Bowman denied all allegations and executed a sworn affidavit alleging Mace had asked him in September 2023 to recommend someone who could hack into a phone.

Wesley Donehue, a Republican digital strategist who previously advised Rep. Mace, testified in a sworn deposition that Mace showed him explicit images from Bryant's phone and that she "asked me to blackmail Patrick Bryant" to obtain full ownership of jointly held properties; Mace's office disputed the characterization, saying the word originated in a leading question from deposing counsel. The deposition was reported publicly on May 21, 2025.

Appeared on "Louder with Crowder" and made a series of highly specific public accusations against Patrick Bryant and others, including allegations of hidden cameras, rape, and the existence of a "rape tape." All named individuals deny the allegations, which are contested and unproven; no criminal charges have been filed.

Vicki Pittman executed a sworn affidavit describing her early-May 2025 encounter with Mace at Charleston International Airport, in which she attested that Mace's questions were "strictly personal and focused solely on Mr. Bryant's private life" and bore "no connection to her official duties." The affidavit was submitted in the federal scope-of-employment dispute in Musgrave v. Mace and cited in Bryant's Motion to Remand briefing in Berg v. Bryant (No. 2:26-cv-00305-BHH-MHC, D.S.C.). Mace denies wrongdoing.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Sneed of the District of South Carolina's Greenville office represented the United States as the substituted defendant under the Westfall Act in Musgrave v. Mace, after the government was substituted in Mace's place; the case was dismissed with prejudice in August 2025 on Speech or Debate Clause grounds.

Mary Grace W. Maybank of Wyndham Law Firm, LLC appeared as co-counsel for Rep. Mace beginning June 10, 2025 in GLT2, LLC v. Mace (No. 2025-CP-10-00981), the pre-suit discovery and sanctions proceeding; she separately represented Pommer Group LLC and Melissa Britton in the related Berg v. Bryant litigation.

Robert J. Wyndham, founder of Wyndham Law Firm, LLC in Mount Pleasant, served as counsel for Rep. Mace in GLT2, LLC v. Mace (No. 2025-CP-10-00981) beginning June 10, 2025, and in Berg v. Bryant (No. 2025-CP-10-03124) beginning January 15, 2026, the latter ending within days when Mace moved to appear pro se.

Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette became Rep. Mace's chief rival in the 2026 South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary; Mace posted on June 12, 2025 that Evette's leadership was "a lot of smiling and waving" with "no edge, no guts, no shot." Evette received President Trump's formal endorsement on May 29, 2026 and advanced to the runoff, while Mace finished last with approximately 11.6 percent of the vote.

On the PBD Podcast, Rep. Mace named Ninth Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson, the elected prosecutor whose circuit would handle the cases arising from Mace's own allegations, and accused her of leaking evidence and having "inserted yourself into this investigation and … obstructed the investigation." Wilson replied, "I have no idea what the Congresswoman is referring to," noting SLED, not the Solicitor, ran the investigation. The Post and Courier reported Mace's office provided no evidence for the obstruction claim when asked multiple times.

John C. Johnston of Johnston Law, LLC co-signed a Motion to Enforce Settlement on June 27, 2025, on behalf of Rep. Mace in Mace v. Bryant (No. 2024-CP-10-01725), representing her in the re-opened settlement-enforcement proceedings alongside co-counsel Victoria Kurtz.

Victoria W. Kurtz of Johnston Law, LLC filed a Notice of Appearance and co-signed a Motion to Enforce Settlement on June 27, 2025, on behalf of Rep. Mace in Mace v. Bryant (No. 2024-CP-10-01725), representing her in the re-opened settlement-enforcement proceedings alongside co-counsel John Johnston.

Alex G. Anderson, a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, was admitted pro hac vice to represent Rep. Mace as co-counsel in Mace v. Bowman (No. 2025-CP-10-02733), the defamation suit she filed against Charleston businessman Eric Bowman.

William M. Sullivan, Jr., a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, was admitted pro hac vice on July 10, 2025 as co-counsel for Rep. Mace in Mace v. Bowman (No. 2025-CP-10-02733) and separately served as public spokesperson for Mace in connection with the House Ethics Committee inquiry announced March 2, 2026.

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) introduced H.R. 4405, the Epstein Files Transparency Act, launching a bipartisan effort to compel the Justice Department to release records related to Jeffrey Epstein.

U.S. Attorney Bryan Stirling signed a Westfall Act scope-of-employment certification in Musgrave v. Mace, asserting that Mace's allegedly defamatory statements were made within the scope of her federal employment, which, if accepted, would substitute the United States as the defendant and effectively end Musgrave's suit against her personally. Musgrave contested the certification.

Musgrave filed his opposition to the U.S. government's Westfall Act certification, arguing that Mace's public accusations against him were personal acts outside the scope of her congressional employment, supported by affidavits from Neely Kelleher, Ashleigh Messervy, Vicki Pittman, and Eric Bowman.

Rep. Mace issued an official congressional press release headlined "Solicitor Scarlett Wilson Tipped Off Abuser and Leaked Evidence to Harm Victim," demanding the elected Ninth Circuit Solicitor recuse from "any and all cases related to this victim," be removed from all domestic-violence prosecutions, and face "a full and immediate state investigation." Wilson denied wrongdoing, said prosecutors are "required by law and ethical rules to provide all relevant information to the defense," and that she would not "play a part in the circus sideshow."

U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel issued a ruling (Dkt. 43) in Musgrave v. Mace granting the Westfall Act substitution and dismissing a substantial portion of Musgrave's claims. Musgrave's counsel indicated an intent to appeal or continue on surviving claims; the litigation remained active.

Jerry Theos, a veteran Charleston criminal defense attorney, publicly represented businessman Eric Bowman, one of the four men Mace named in her February 2025 floor speech, at Bowman's bond hearing following his August 2025 domestic violence arrest. FITSNews separately reported Theos was the top sponsor of a fundraiser for Ninth Judicial Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson, the office responsible for prosecuting Bowman's criminal case.

During a swatting hoax at the University of South Carolina, posted a photo identifying a student carrying an umbrella as the "alleged school shooter," then deleted it once the hoax was confirmed.

Brian Finch, an attorney at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, was among the Pillsbury attorneys who worked on Rep. Mace's behalf in GLT2, LLC v. Mace (No. 2025-CP-10-00981), the pre-suit discovery and sanctions proceeding in Charleston County that concluded with a Final Sanctions Order on October 30, 2025.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) filed a discharge petition to force a floor vote on H.R. 4405; Mace was one of four Republicans to sign. Trump publicly warned signers to back down; Mace refused.

Shouted an obscene insult at Rep. Sara Jacobs during floor debate and followed up on X with a plastic-surgeon referral.

Rep. Mace screamed at Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA) across the House chamber on September 10, 2025 after Jacobs argued against Mace's NDAA anti-transgender amendments. Mace then posted on X suggesting Jacobs get a nose job, which Jacobs and Jewish organizations condemned as invoking an antisemitic trope.

After the killing of activist Charlie Kirk, said on the House floor that "Democrats own what happened" and announced she would begin carrying a firearm.

Charleston County magistrate judge James B. Gosnell Jr. was arrested on federal child sexual abuse material charges on September 16, 2025-27 days after he had presided over the bond hearing for Eric Bowman and denied him bond, a ruling Rep. Mace had praised publicly. The South Carolina Supreme Court suspended Gosnell the same day, and a federal indictment was unsealed October 22, 2025.

Rep. Mace sponsored a House censure resolution against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) following Omar's podcast comments after the assassination of Charlie Kirk; the House voted 214-213 to table the resolution on September 17, 2025, with four Republicans joining Democrats in defeating the measure.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser appeared before the House Oversight Committee on September 18, 2025, where Rep. Mace questioned her about DEI programs and asked "what is a woman?"; Bowser replied "I'm a woman. Are you a woman?" and drew audible laughter in the hearing room.

At a sanctions hearing in Charleston County, Rep. Mace turned toward Patrick Bryant's attorney Barrett Brewer and said, "I'm going to hold his feet to the fire and I will stare him down anywhere I see him. He's not going to get away with this," according to Live5News. Mace's office simultaneously characterized Brewer's litigation conduct as "weaponizing the legal system to harm victims and intimidate witnesses."

Elliott Summey, President and CEO of the Charleston County Aviation Authority, was publicly accused by Rep. Mace of "selectively releasing" footage of her October 30, 2025 confrontation with airport police and TSA staff as part of a coordinated political attack; Mace demanded his resignation and named him among those she said she would sue for defamation, a suit that was never filed.

Sen. Tim Scott publicly rebuked the conduct at Charleston International Airport on November 4, 2025, posting that "it is never acceptable to berate police officers, airport staff, and TSA agents who are simply doing their jobs", a statement his office confirmed was directed at the situation involving Rep. Mace, who had invoked his name during the confrontation.

South Carolina's U.S. senators Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham publicly rebuked Mace over the airport tirade, Scott said members of Congress "work for them, not vice versa", while Mace announced a (never-filed) defamation suit and fired back, "REAL MEN PROTECT WOMEN."

Conservative attorney Larry Klayman announced on November 5, 2025 that Rep. Mace intended to bring legal action against Charleston International Airport and American Airlines over the release of airport police reports from her October 30 confrontation, characterizing it as "a calculated and coordinated effort to malign her character." No suit was filed as of June 2026.

Sen. Lindsey Graham publicly aligned with Sen. Tim Scott in the aftermath of Mace's October 30, 2025 confrontation at Charleston International Airport, stating he had "had nothing but positive, respectful engagements with the police officers and TSA agents" at the airport. Mace responded by posting "REAL MEN PROTECT WOMEN" on social media.

Melissa Britton, a Mount Pleasant businesswoman and founder of VA-contractor Bracari, was named as a Third-Party Defendant alongside Rep. Mace in Patrick Bryant's November 6, 2025 Third-Party Complaint in Berg v. Bryant (No. 2025-CP-10-03124); she moved to dismiss on Rule 12(b)(6) grounds, and a February 2026 order temporarily removed her as trustee of Pommer Group LLC in the related Bowman v. Britton proceeding.

Alex B. Cash, a Mount Pleasant family-law attorney and founder of Cash Law Firm, LLC, has been identified as family-law counsel for Melissa Britton, named as a Third-Party Defendant in Berg v. Bryant (No. 2025-CP-10-03124) from November 2025, in connection with the Bowman v. Britton domestic proceedings running parallel to the consolidated civil litigation.

Delivered a House floor speech backing the bipartisan vote to force release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Rep. Mace introduced a privileged resolution to censure Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) over domestic-violence and stolen-valor allegations; she confronted Mills directly on the House floor on November 20, with a Wall Street Journal correspondent reporting she appeared to call him "a piece of s--t." The House voted 310-103 to refer the matter to the Ethics Committee.

Revived the poster motif, reposting a 'PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT' video of herself in a Capitol corridor and announcing it would 'reside outside my office at the Capitol', 'HOLD THE LINE.' The named men deny the allegations.

D. Craig Brown, a Florence, South Carolina attorney, filed a Notice of Appearance on behalf of Rep. Mace as a Third-Party Defendant in Berg v. Bryant (No. 2025-CP-10-03124) on November 20, 2025, and filed her Third-Party Answer on December 19; a consent order relieving him as counsel was entered January 23, 2026, after which Mace moved to represent herself pro se.

Her gubernatorial campaigns South Carolina state director, Austin McCubbin, resigned and publicly urged voters not to support her.

Mace helped evacuate 155 Americans, including 11 infants, from Israel to Greece, embedding with Tampa-based nonprofit Grey Bull Rescue (founder Bryan Stern) after a stranded South Carolina constituent family requested her help. The operation was described as Grey Bull's "808th mission." Mace secured a DHS/State Department-chartered aircraft for the group.

Anonymous White House and State Department officials were reported to be "seething" over Mace's Israel rescue missions, alleging she contacted the Saudi government directly without notifying State and urged Americans to relocate to Jordan before securing onward flights. One anonymous official said she acted "for political gain." Mace said she kept State informed throughout; Grey Bull's Stern said she was "fully embedded with our team, not to watch, but to work to save lives."

Mace returned from a second Middle East trip in which she helped a South Carolina mother and her four sons travel out through Jordan. She stated she had a manifest of more than 2,000 Americans stranded and seeking evacuation.

A viral video showed Mace and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz being escorted past a TSA security line at Reagan National during the government shutdown, when unpaid officers had left hours-long queues; Mace called the clip "a misrepresentation," saying the escort was Capitol Police and the footage predated the long lines.

Trump fired AG Pam Bondi. Mace said Bondi had "stonewalled every effort to hold the guilty accountable" and had "seriously undermined President Trump" in her handling of the Epstein files.